State panel OKs firm to design UNLV medical school building

A state panel approved a contract Tuesday for an architectural firm to design and provide construction administration services for a medical education building at UNLV.

By Sean Whaley Review-Journal Capital Bureau

October 10, 2017 - 12:01 pm

Updated October 10, 2017 - 2:59 pm

UNLV's inaugural class of medical students received their stethoscope at UNLV in Las Vegas on Monday, July 17, 2017. (Bridget Bennett/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bridgetkbennett

CARSON CITY — A state panel approved a contract Tuesday for an architectural firm to design and provide construction administration services for a medical education building at UNLV.

The Board of Examiners, including Gov. Brian Sandoval, approved the contract with Tate Snyder Kimsey Architects to perform the work at a cost of $14.4 million. The contract requires approval from the Legislature’s Interim Finance Committee, which meets next week.

The Nevada Legislature this year appropriated $25 million in matching funds for the new medical education building after an anonymous $25 million donation for the project.

Total construction costs for the building are estimated at a minimum of $100 million.

The medical school’s charter class of 60 students began studies in July.